My parents have always been great adventurers.
They backpacked all over the Olympic National Park in the 70’s before I was born, and I always enjoy looking through the photo albums of all the places they explored. This is one of my favorite photos of them on the High Divide looking out at Mt. Olympus and the headwaters of the Hoh River.
My Dad asked me to needlefelt the photo for my Mom’s birthday this year, and this is what I came up with. It was a good challenge to recreate a photo in felted wool, rather than a scene from a story or something I came up with in my mind. It was also deeply rewarding for me seeing an iconic part of my family history take shape through my art.
Whether it be in hiking boots or through my art, I aspire to create more moments like this, sitting on top of the High Divide of life and creating stories that will live on through the generations after me.
“The earth is all before me.” ~William Wordsworth
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